Tagged in Office Etiquette

Is it ever a good idea to talk politics at work-especially now, with the midterms just around the corner?  While the political…

If you’re lucky, the last bully you encountered hit you up for your lunch money—but not everyone leaves their bullies back in…

Few things can tarnish your professional brand quite like a poorly written, misguided email. One click of the ‘send’ button can be…

An employee and an employer have both an official and unofficial relationship. Your official employment agreement may lay out work hours, acceptable…

Many companies these days use Slack or another work chat application to communicate more efficiently and spend less time writing emails. Whether…

Some workers are naturally more assertive than others. But there’s a pretty wide gap between being assertive and being a total pushover, and if…

Uncomfortable conversations are one thing. (No one likes to confront a coworker for, say, stealing credit for their work or admit to…

Frustration is a tempter, an emotional trickster. It goads us with the false promise that our feelings are worthy of the mounting…

We spend a lot of time at work. Forty hours a week for forty odd years adds up to a whopping 70…

If you find yourself working alongside that colleague who routinely undercuts you in meetings, puts you down in conversations or criticizes your…

For many people, presenting in front of an audience—or even just a small room filled with trusted coworkers—can be a nightmare scenario….

Too many professionals find themselves in the orbit of a challenging leader: the diva president, the bully executive director, the “handsy” founder….